Suddenly, Josiah reached his hand out to grab Meredith's arm, "Edith."Meredith looked down to look at Josiah's hand with an unfriendly look. Josiah released his hand with instinct and said softly, "It's almost the New Year. Why don't you spend it together with Nia?"Meredith was stunned. 'Oh, that's right. It's almost the New Year. This year will be over soon and Nia will be a year older.'Last year, she celebrated the New Year together with Nia and Charlie but it was not going to happen this year. She took a deep breath with disappointment and said, "I'll let you know before that day.""Alright. Just let me know if you are in any trouble. I will settle it for you," Josiah offered."You don't have to." Meredith opened the door to get off from the car. She closed the door but Josiah did not leave. Thus, she bent down a little and knocked at the window, "Please leave now. I don't want anyone to see it and gossip about us."Josiah leaned back on the seat and lit up a cigarette casu
"Of course not." The woman said coldly, "Mrs. Larson said to return the same amount of times Mister Charlie stabbed himself to you."Meredith was astonished as she shrunk her body instinctively because she saw the two men carrying a knife on their bodies."You…" She slowly walked backward, "Don't you think this is too outrageous? And…have you asked Charlie about this? Did he permit you to do this to me?""Do you think he still has the time to care about you the way he hurt himself?" the woman asked.As Meredith tried to imagine how badly Charlie hurt himself, she slowly calmed herself down and asked, "So how badly did Charlie hurt himself? Did he go to the hospital?""So pretentious," the woman said coldly. Then she spoke to the two men, "We wasted enough time. Do it.""Yes, Ma'am." The two men approached Meredith and pushed her against the wall while pointing the knives at her.Meredith screamed in fear and panic as she saw the shimmering knives, "All of you are crazy! Help—"
Meredith was speechless at Josiah's reply. She shook her head. "This is not a strategy. Charlie is really hurting himself.""You said it yourself too, he is hurting himself. You're not the one who's hurting him. So you don't have to feel sorry for him or else, you'll never walk out from this," Josiah advised. Then he walked her away from the lift. "Let's go.""Where?" Meredith asked."Where do you think? Are you still insisting on staying on your own?" Josiah pointed at the knives on the floor. "Or you want to be captured by them again and let them stab you?"Obviously, Meredith was scared. However, she did not feel good staying with Josiah. If Charlie found out about it, he would definitely feel more upset and hurt himself more."If I was not here in time, you would already be laying on the ground bleeding to death." Josiah did not give her the chance to think twice and stuffed her back into the car.The car was back on the road. Josiah looked to the side to look at Meredith who
And then, Josiah used another hand to grab Meredith's hand to pull her up. He had Nia on one side and Meredith on another side. This happy moment was finally here again after he had missed it for a long time. Hopefully, it would stay this way in the present and future.Originally, Meredith was still reluctant to return back to the mansion. It was not until Nia waved a hand at her that she decided to get into the car. "Mommy, get in the car!"Nia did not know what happened today. She was in a good mood and started to tell her Daddy and Mommy funny stories about school today. Only then did Meredith lighten up her mood as she talked with Nia.Through the mirror, Josiah looked at Meredith and Nia. He was pleased with himself for choosing to pick up Nia. Based on Meredith's characteristics, she might insist on getting off the car if Nia was not around.When Meredith was back in Josiah's mansion, she was awkward. Especially when she reminisced the time when Charlie came over to bring her
Josiah felt like giving himself a big slap. He stared with full attention as Meredith was nowhere in his sight. He lowered his head and saw Nia's curious-looking little face. He placed his hand on her hand and rubbed it. "Mommy is just feeling a little down. She'll be fine after a nap.""Daddy, why is Mommy feeling down? Did she have a fight with Papa Charlie?" Nia asked curiously.She had spent quite an amount of time together with Meredith and Charlie. No matter how nice they hid it, Nia could sense there was a problem between both of them.Josiah saw the worry in Nia's eyes. He denied it instantly, "Of course not. Your mommy is a kind person. She never fights with anyone."Nia gave it a thought and agreed with Josiah. "Then why is Mommy feeling unhappy?""The adult world is very complicated. Maybe it's because of work or friends. If Mommy doesn't feel like talking, then it's not good for us to keep on asking," Josiah explained."Okay," Nia replied."Don't worry. She just need
In order to make Meredith happy, Josiah came back on time to accompany Meredith and Nia to have dinner tonight and also followed Meredith to send Nia to school in the morning.After they sent Nia to her classroom, Meredith said to Josiah, "I need to go back to the company today.""Okay, I will get some people to protect you," Josiah said."No need. I don't believe Charlie will be so ruthless and cruel to me," Meredith rejected. She did not want to be so high profile and did not want to escalate her relationship with Charlie to an enemy's level."I'm not sure if Charlie will do it or not but I'm sure Aunt Mary will certainly do it," Josiah said solemnly.Meredith did not have doubt about that. If Josiah was not there in time, she would be hurt by the people Mrs. Larson sent. Thus, she did not continue to insist to reject Josiah's offer. Yet, she reminded him, "Keep it low key.""Don't worry. I will keep it in mind." Josiah personally sent Meredith to her company and only left when
Oh, is it? It seems like you understand them very well," Josiah said."Well, I attended some psychology classes before," Meredith explained."Then do you think you could go back together with me?" Josiah tried his luck."Do you think that's possible?" Meredith asked in return.She did not think Old Madam Shelby could accept her marriage to Charlie after being in a marriage with Josiah. In fact, she herself was quite speechless about it."I don't think you'll go," Josiah said and that was the reason why he stayed.Meredith said, "Why don't you bring Nia back and spend the time together with them?""And leave you here all alone in Jehovah City?" Josiah asked."I don't mind it. I can use some time to myself," Meredith said truthfully.So many had happened in this period of time. She did not pay attention to her work nor did she have the time to rest. It would be nice if she could use the holiday to take a good rest. Of course, Josiah did not think it was safe to leave Meredith al
After breakfast, the trio went out together. It was the first time Josiah went to the farmers' market. He was not interested in the flowers and decorations nor was he interested in places that weres bustling with noises. However, he still appreciated the time spent together with Meredith and Nia.Even when he was being treated as a porter and being pushed here and there by the crowd, he endured it in a good manner. Other than the flowers Nia like, Meredith also chose a few stalks of sunflowersJosiah looked at the sunflowers in Meredith's arms and remembered the situation when Meredith and Charlie visited him in the hospital. Their house had planted plenty of sunflowers and Meredith was never a fan of sunflowers before. Did she buy it because of Charlie?"Edith, it's not the season for sunflowers yet. It's not the right time to plant them," Josiah could not help but remind her.Meredith said, "It's alright. I just put them in the water. It's enough to last them a week."She did no